Notes from the Jazz Underground

Series produced by WDCB

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Notes from the Jazz Underground is where Jazz gets a little weirder, a little louder, and a little more on the edge.

Notes from the Jazz Underground is produced by Paul Abella at WDCB in Chicago. A show that focuses on the fringes of Jazz, Notes From the Jazz Underground is where you'll hear avant-garde Jazz, Fusion, Modern Jazz and Jazz that's outside the mainstream.


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271 Pieces

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this week, we explore the music of Ginger Baker, and we'll hear from Cream, Blind Faith, The Ginger Baker Airforce, his Jazz albums from the 90's a...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, we'll dive deep into the Miles Davis archival release of the Rubberband sessions from 1985-86, and while we're there, we'll hear other M...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 13, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, things get weird with Matthew Shipp, weirder with Sonic Youth and funky with George Benson.

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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With all of the internationally lauded Jazz coming out of Chicago these days, Notes from the Jazz Underground takes a look - and a listen - to some...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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this week, some slightly dusty gems, some brand new things, and some nuggets from the songbooks of John Zorn, David Bowie, Duke Ellington and more!

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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on this edition of Notes from the Jazz Underground, we take a listen to Jazz renditions of one of the masters of R&B, Curtis Mayfield, with Lou Don...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we'll listen to some new music from Nicholas Payton, Hiromi and Darren Barrett, along with a gem from James Carter, an amazing jam from ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, a little of everything that is good, for no other reason than, well, it's good. New music from Theo Croker and Snarky Puppy, Back to the...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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on this edition of Notes from the Jazz Underground, some great new music from Barrett Martin, Junius Paul, Jaimie Branch's Fly or Die, Adam Deitch,...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, we'll get funky with Eddie Harris, weird with two featuring Marc Ribot, we'll get heady with Earth, Wind and Fire, and we'll check out t...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, we'll spend an hour with Frank Zappa, the guitarist, composer and bandleader who brought prog-rock and fusion to the masses throughout t...

Bought by WMUH and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 14, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, we'll spend some time looking back at the best new releases that came out in 2019, and we'll just scratch the surface. We'll hear from T...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, I continue my look back at some of the best left-of-center Jazz released in 2019, and we'll hear from Snarky Puppy, Brad Mehldau, The Co...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, we take a final look back at the music of 2019...and play some of the fantastically good stuff that I didn't get a chance to play throug...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, we unplug and listen to some acoustic jams from Herbie Hancock, Joshua Redman and a full set from the DKV Trio, too!

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
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on this edition of Notes from the Jazz Underground, we go back...way back, and take a look at the roots of the Jazz Underground with phenomenal mus...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 2
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a look back at the Fusion giants of the 70's: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, The Brecker Bros, The Dixie Dregs and more, and a look to the f...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we'll take a look at Jeff Parker's latest album, Suite for Max Brown. We'll hear a couple of songs from it, plus music from Herbie Hanco...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, we cover a lot of ground, from Cecil Taylor to Shabaka and the Ancestors.

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we'll hear modern sounds from London, Los Angeles and New York, and in between those grooves, we'll pay tribute to keyboardist Lyle Mays...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2